This weekly newsletter delivers cultural and literary news and interviews of Greater Des Moines, Iowa, and the world and encourages cultural adventurism.
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Ben Domenech's daily newsletter features commentary on politics, culture, and foreign policy, plus important articles you shouldn't miss from around the web.
Dave Price is joined by professional political analysts discussing Iowa politics through refreshing, in-depth conversations with Iowa Writers' Collaborative members.
First to go to college, last one to leave the farm; a life shaped by tragedy and loss but also tremendous opportunity and luck, I now look back to reckon with the challenges my parents faced while navigating a life very different from the one they led.
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This is a space dedicated to unpacking and analyzing progressive movement politics—its history, its trajectory, the stakes of the fight ahead, and the futures we demand.
Expert commentary from a 30-year veteran of US politics. Here at Hopium we work on strategies to defeat MAGA, tell our story more effectively, and ensure freedom and democracy prevail. Expect sharp analysis, live events, and all sorts of Hopium!
Where Fact and Fiction Merge Into One. Smart Thinking, Creativity, and Celebrating Being Bold, Ferocious, and Brave. An Independent Press in a Red State.
Deep history of a place in the Eastern Great Plains where the tall grass prairie carved by deep river valleys intersects with the area that has wooded lakes left by the last glacier.
Thoughts on government transparency, politics and civic affairs written weekly -- and sometimes, weakly -- by a longtime advocate for government transparency.
A grand narrative of our historic opportunity to harness AI & other transformative technologies to drive progress, reinvent America & make a much better world. A positive reframe of what's coming via essays, interviews & gatherings culminating in a book.
Musings from a native Midwesterner, who lived across the country, helped raised a family, played rock and roll, made some artwork, and continues to write stories on the whole thing.